late update

it has been a few days since a last update and while i know you all have been losing sleep over what i have to say i have been so busy i have barely been able to do anything. other than what they have planned. so and overview is neccessary. i will give the quick update and then i will try as best as i can to give all the details. gokarts, car emblems, orphans, goddbye brazil, romania, garden, soccer, bycycle, pictures, switching houses, welcome to romania, gaga, rudolfs spotted milk kurds, factory, horses, cliffs.

please keep in mind that all of this is out of order since i cant put it all together without a schedule which i cannot find right now.

so starting from the top

gokarts- a few days ago gergo called one of his friends who owns a gokart place. gergo got it fixed so that his friend would open up the place for us and us only on said day. we rode for quite a few hours and it was very fast and very fun. lots of good pictures.

car emblems- since i have been to europe i have been wantign an alfa romeo car emblem. so earlier on the day we rode gokarts davids brother took us to a junkyard to try and find some. we found other kool ones. some of which i dont know the names but we came out with audi, mecedes, dacia, two german cars, trebaunt (i think thats how its spelled), opel, and maybe one more. we could not however find and alpha romeo. so time turns and we end up on the last dayof staying with davids family and one of my going away presents is you guessed it an alpha romeo symbol.

orphans- we visited the orphanage where the money will be going to build the playground. the place is very large and the kids there are veryfriendly and we plan on going back at some point and playing soccer.

goodbye brazil- one of the past nights a girl from brazil who had been here for a year on an exchange student program with rotary wasleavign. her family from brazil came to see where she had stayed and her host family threw here a big party. oh and while at the party (dad this part is for you and i to try and set up) the girl from brazil and on of the rotary moderators here wanted to see if knoxville would also exchange with epachinga brazil (i hope i spelled that right) so when i get back dad i would like to speak to the knoxville rotary club about going for the first time.

romania- yesterday the 15th we went hiking in romania inthe caspian mountains. it was a long hike but, before the buseven made it to where we were supposed to start. the left rear suspension broke. which added and extra two miles or so. no big deal though. once we got to the top of the mountain. it was covered with fields of blueberries. many sections had already been picked over there were places whereyou could sit and enjoy many. there was also a huge cliff towering over where everyone was sitting and eating which joe and i climbed to the top of and watched the clouds got many many good pictures and one panaramic video view. but needless to say it was a very long daya havingwoke up at 5 and gotten home at 10 30.

garden- while we were at the orphanage we were supposed to help build the playyground but since the check got there when we got there they had not gotten the supplies to build the playground. so iunstead we planted many flowers and plants in teh gardens around one side of theorphanage.


soccer- we had been going to a basketball court on some days to play 21. this was while we were still at davids house. but one day when we got there the whole court was being used for a full game. so joe and i jumped in and played until we had to get ready for the goodbye party.

bycycle- the day before our long hike in romania we had done a 50 kilometer bikeridearound different parts of mateszalka. it was pretty easy right up untill the roads turned to sand and not only did you have to fight to keepgoign but fight harder to stay upright in the sand.
but the long journey was fun and some of the olfer orphans had come with us so it was very cool and interesting.

pictures- i am up to 581 not counting the ones i took in romania yesterday.

switching houses- this is an easy one we left davids hosue and went to gergos house. enough said.
welcome to romania- so this part is jsut funny in my opinoin. im going to set the scene for you all. its 6 30 in the morning we are meetign the bus to take us to romania and back. the bus gets there and nobody gets on. first they load it with beer. so noweveryone is on and the 4 casesof 24 packs are secured. so we start goign down the roadbout30 minutes and then. they break out a bottle and start doing shots. not like one but maybe 2-3 a piece. this is just the adults(so far). then about 45 minutes passes by and we hit the romanian border. we get through all right and as soon as wel pass through its a welcometo ramania sheer. and more shots followed by a flask that is passedaround to everyone sittign in the back. the front is once again being drowned by shots. so we get to where the bus breaks down and yeah theres stress so moreshots and break out the beers. . yada yada wego hike come back. cross into hungary more shtos more beers. it was a lovely ceremony filled with great spirits.

gaga- he is the man. everyone should love him

rudolfs spotted milk kurds- this is probably my favorite chapter in my little story and the fact that i am eating one right now makes it that much sweeter. they are uhh chocolate covered milk kurds. they are in no way spotted. but they aredelicious. every house has many of them and eats them all the time. lunch breakfast dinner. and they are amazing.

factory- there are two factories i have visited to we will start wil factory A. factory a is where davids mom works. this factory makes italian designer clothes. this factory also stitched a hole in a pair of my shorts. after figuring the price of one of the cheapest coats 1100 dollars. we just figured everythign was pretty expensive.
ok now onto facotry B. this factory makes dehydrated fruit chips. they although sounding a little different are very good. the best by far are the applechips coveredin chocolate.

horses- on our bike trip we stopped at a horse farm and got many good pictures the farmer let us into the pen with the younger ones and there were 4 that were less than 6 months old. gots fun pictures.

cliffs- the top of the mountain had some cool perch areas where joe and i sat for a while. i already told you i got god pics from up there though.

so that is the cover update hopefully i covered everything but im sure ill remember somthign and have to go back at some point.